I'm so sorry for your loss. You're car was amazing! Hope everything goes well for you

I know this doesn't help but I kind of know what you're going through. My uncles Camaro caught on fire outside my house as well. It was a terrible day. Loved that car just as much as my own since I had helped him do a lot of work on it. Firefighters had to make a hole in the hood because the latch melted and couldn't be open. My uncle immediately unplugged the battery though. Don't know why the firefighters didn't on yours.

Any idea what happened?

Still no idea, and honestly I'm trying to avoid obsessing over what the cause was because I figure that's probably not the healthiest thing for me (mentally speaking I mean) right now.

Which reminds me, my dad actually asked me about the hood and how the fire department got it off. Had to tell him that the hood was already gone by the time they got there - which means that it melted.

I had to look this next tid-bit up, but in order for my hood to have melted the fire had to exceed 1,221 degrees Fahrenheit (or 660.3 Celsius for you metric folks).

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Originally Posted by Firefighter

Bro I hate to see that, she was a beautiful ride. I've been on many car fires and to be honest 99% of the time they will always be a total loss. I personally as a practice try to make sure the battery cables get cut. The Camaro will be a total PITA because the batt this in the trunk. I can also guarantee most people don't realize where it is either.

Again sorry for your loss and hope to see you come back strong with her replacement.

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Thank you much. Yea I'd be surprised if insurance didn't total her. I mean even if the frame isn't compromised, the amount of rewiring, etc. would be ridiculous.

I don't want to think of my next Camaro (yes I'm pretty much settled on getting another Camaro) as Kaylee's "replacement," because she can't be replaced. She was my first love, car love as it were, she will always have a place in my heart.

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Originally Posted by Doc

Dude I am SO SORRY to see this!!! Those pics are absolutely sickening. I can't even imagine how I'd feel if that happened to my car. Do you know what caused it? And yeah, installing a fire extinguisher is a seriously good idea. Gonna now look at doing that for mine.

The only good thing is no one got hurt physically. Hopefully your insurance company will give you enough to replace it.

Thank you much Doc. I can't express how much your, and everyone else's condolences mean to me. I don't want to imagine what shape I'd be in if I didn't have Camaro5 to help me through this. Heck, I started tearing up when I passed a Camaro going the other way on the highway earlier this morning.

What's worse is I bought a couple things from Alan at G3 Composites earlier this week - and well they arrived yesterday. Needless to say that was rough coming home to that.

Ive been crunching numbers, and a lot of it is guesstimating because I don't know what insurance is going to give me, but I'm fairly certain "replacing" her is going to be tough. Let alone replacing all of her mods - heck I'd been saving for about a 8 months to buy those Racing Brake rotors and I know insurance isn't going to give me their full value.

I'm 99.9% sure it's going to be declared a total loss by your insurance. My uncles car wasn't nearly as bad and it was declared a total loss. His was only contained to the engine bay and they said the same thing. The amount they would spend in replacing the motor and the amount they'd have to spend in rewiring wasn't worth it at all.

Wow did not see this, as i told you from bad thing good things come hope you get the new car you want, love to see you in a ZL1 or the new C7, I say this for all the members on the site, any thing you need that we can help let us Know.

Wow did not see this, as i told you from bad thing good things come hope you get the new car you want, love to see you in a ZL1 or the new C7, I say this for all the members on the site, any thing you need that we can help let us Know.

Like I said Ofer, it all comes down to what insurance gives me. I'd love to be able to swing a ZL1 - but from what people have been telling me about insurance reimbursing the cost of mods....

but from what people have been telling me about insurance reimbursing the cost of mods....

From reading your post about insurance reimbursement on mods, you've probably been told that unless the car was insured to cover the additional value of the mods, your probably not going to get reimbursed for anything other than the value of the car, which they will depreciate.

Which sucks because I know how hard you've worked scrimping and saving for every modification you have done. This really sucks!!!!

RJ, I want to see you be able to replace Kaylee but the reality is that it isn't going to happen with the insurance company!!!

You are definitely one of the nicest guys on this forum and are always looking to help anybody out. As a member of this Camaro5 community, we should help each other out when crap happens.

To the moderators, maybe you can create a thread and a dedicated Paypal account where we can each throw in whatever to help RJ out for his loss and put me in for $200.
And to the site vendors, Please lets pull together and help RJ keep the spirit alive of Kaylee and help him piece back together a KILLER Camaro.

RJ, we won't be able to replace Kaylee and everything that she meant to you, but hopefully the Camaro5 family can pull together and help soften the loss somewhat.

Just PM'd Tran. I'm thinking I could call the editors of Camaro Performer and see if they can help in someway also. There was an article on Camaro Performer where a forum member from Lateral-g.net (site is dedicated mostly to first gen Camaros) was bamboozled by an unscrupulous builder who took all of his money and left him with a pile of $h!t. The community pulled together as a family and had the car transported from Washington to NY where another builder redid the car for him and the members contributed what ever they could to help out. A bunch of vendors also joined in.

Unfortunately, RJ could end up owing money to the bank by the time the insurance company does the pay out. I have seen this happen before. Never mind the idea of recouping any money for all the mods he did. So if we can all pull together and do a small part, hopefully we can help get him behind the wheels of another Camaro.

From reading your post about insurance reimbursement on mods, you've probably been told that unless the car was insured to cover the additional value of the mods, your probably not going to get reimbursed for anything other than the value of the car, which they will depreciate.

Which sucks because I know how hard you've worked scrimping and saving for every modification you have done. This really sucks!!!!

RJ, I want to see you be able to replace Kaylee but the reality is that it isn't going to happen with the insurance company!!!

You are definitely one of the nicest guys on this forum and are always looking to help anybody out. As a member of this Camaro5 community, we should help each other out when crap happens.

To the moderators, maybe you can create a thread and a dedicated Paypal account where we can each throw in whatever to help RJ out for his loss and put me in for $200.
And to the site vendors, Please lets pull together and help RJ keep the spirit alive of Kaylee and help him piece back together a KILLER Camaro.

RJ, we won't be able to replace Kaylee and everything that she meant to you, but hopefully the Camaro5 family can pull together and help soften the loss somewhat.

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Originally Posted by Nathan Moreno

Just PM'd Tran. I'm thinking I could call the editors of Camaro Performer and see if they can help in someway also. There was an article on Camaro Performer where a forum member from Lateral-g.net (site is dedicated mostly to first gen Camaros) was bamboozled by an unscrupulous builder who took all of his money and left him with a pile of $h!t. The community pulled together as a family and had the car transported from Washington to NY where another builder redid the car for him and the members contributed what ever they could to help out. A bunch of vendors also joined in.

Unfortunately, RJ could end up owing money to the bank by the time the insurance company does the pay out. I have seen this happen before. Never mind the idea of recouping any money for all the mods he did. So if we can all pull together and do a small part, hopefully we can help get him behind the wheels of another Camaro.

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Nathan - I honestly don't know what to say besides thank you. Seriously, first you put up with all my questions on how to clean up my engine bay and now this. Nathan, you're seriously going above and beyond. Thank you.

Stopped by the junk yard this morning to sign a vehicle release form so that GEICO can take the car when they are finished looking at her. Snapped some photos (caution: not for the faint of heart).

Thought this was kind of funny. The whole front end of the car is completely burned, but my Plasti-Dipped wheels don't have more than a few scuffs on them. So in case anyone was still wondering if Plasti-Dip was safe to use on your engine cove, I'm going to go with "Yes."

Apparently the towing company doesn't feel comfortable not having a fire extinguisher in my car either.

I got the run around when I totaled my Blazer X. I held strong and was able to come out okay but definitely didn't make money.

I had put about $20K in parts plus my labor over the years. She was a built motor away from being a total bad ass. I still have the spare engine and all kinds of parts. I was going to build the motor this summer.

I ended up with Roxy my '13 1LE. Hold strong and fight for what you deserve.

From reading your post about insurance reimbursement on mods, you've probably been told that unless the car was insured to cover the additional value of the mods, your probably not going to get reimbursed for anything other than the value of the car, which they will depreciate.

Which sucks because I know how hard you've worked scrimping and saving for every modification you have done. This really sucks!!!!

RJ, I want to see you be able to replace Kaylee but the reality is that it isn't going to happen with the insurance company!!!

You are definitely one of the nicest guys on this forum and are always looking to help anybody out. As a member of this Camaro5 community, we should help each other out when crap happens.

To the moderators, maybe you can create a thread and a dedicated Paypal account where we can each throw in whatever to help RJ out for his loss and put me in for $200.
And to the site vendors, Please lets pull together and help RJ keep the spirit alive of Kaylee and help him piece back together a KILLER Camaro.

RJ, we won't be able to replace Kaylee and everything that she meant to you, but hopefully the Camaro5 family can pull together and help soften the loss somewhat.

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Great idea I'm in.... not sure of the tax implications... probably have to 1099 the amount collected as income.

Nathan - I honestly don't know what to say besides thank you. Seriously, first you put up with all my questions on how to clean up my engine bay and now this. Nathan, you're seriously going above and beyond. Thank you.

Seriously RJ?.............. thats the least I can do. The only reason this forum is so great is because of guys like you who are always willing to help out.

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Originally Posted by Firefighter

That's brutal man. I feel so bad for you.
I'm in when a PayPal account get set up.

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Originally Posted by tramtwo

Great idea I'm in....

Case in point! That's why I love this forum! Thanks guys!!!!

He is going to get Jacked by the insurance company as I've seen it happen many of times before. Justin and I have are insurance license and there's no way to win. RJ has a longer road ahead of him than he probably even realizes. If we each do a little, we can perhaps help him bridge the gap and get him back on the road to modding and posting DIY's on how to mod our Camaros.

Looking at these pictures it just seems hard to believe something like this could happen like that. Although based on that one picture that shows an RB rotor, their rotors are designed to handle racing braking heat... try removing one and checking it out, they may still be good with some clean-up.

Do you know what actually caused it? Was it a fuel leak? Something get pulled up off the road and catch fire? I'm trying to figure out what could have happened to cause this. It actually hurts to look at those pictures. :(

I got the run around when I totaled my Blazer X. I held strong and was able to come out okay but definitely didn't make money.

I had put about $20K in parts plus my labor over the years. She was a built motor away from being a total bad ass. I still have the spare engine and all kinds of parts. I was going to build the motor this summer.

I ended up with Roxy my '13 1LE. Hold strong and fight for what you deserve.

I'm in when a PayPal account get set up.

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Thank you much man

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Originally Posted by tramtwo

Great idea I'm in.... not sure of the tax implications... probably have to 1099 the amount collected as income.

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Thank you. That's definitely good to know. Still have no idea how I would even go about setting up a PayPal for something like this

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Originally Posted by Jekyll-N-Hyde

Im Sick to my stomach and a loss for words.

Reading the responses and looking at pictures now has my mind wondering on how something like this could very well happen.

I'm very very sorry for you loss. Glad youre ok!!!!!!

I hope everything works out for the best in your favor.

Thank you much, I'm hoping for the same thing.

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Originally Posted by Nathan Moreno

Seriously RJ?.............. thats the least I can do. The only reason this forum is so great is because of guys like you who are always willing to help out.

Case in point! That's why I love this forum! Thanks guys!!!!

He is going to get Jacked by the insurance company as I've seen it happen many of times before. Justin and I have are insurance license and there's no way to win. RJ has a longer road ahead of him than he probably even realizes. If we each do a little, we can perhaps help him bridge the gap and get him back on the road to modding and posting DIY's on how to mod our Camaros.

Kaylee will be missed.

Thank you Nathan.

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Originally Posted by lscamaro

I'm definitely in if a paypal gets setup

Thank you much man

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Originally Posted by Justin Moreno

I was in shock when i heard about this this morning. My heart sank seeing those pictures bro. Really sorry for the loss of the car. Thank God you got out safe and nobody was hurt.

I'm sure we all want to help out in whatever way we can, which makes the paypal idea a really good one. I'm in.

This thread was really great and fun to read about your adventures with Kaylee. On a positive note, I can't wait to follow you on your journey with your next Camaro.

Thank you Justin

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Originally Posted by kold

sorry to hear that ur car got burnt up but glad u made it out alive

As am I, don't want to imagine how much worse it could have been.

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Originally Posted by james347

Very sorry. Horrible thing to have happen.

Thank you much

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Originally Posted by Doc

Looking at these pictures it just seems hard to believe something like this could happen like that. Although based on that one picture that shows an RB rotor, their rotors are designed to handle racing braking heat... try removing one and checking it out, they may still be good with some clean-up.

Do you know what actually caused it? Was it a fuel leak? Something get pulled up off the road and catch fire? I'm trying to figure out what could have happened to cause this. It actually hurts to look at those pictures. :(

Still no idea, and I'm guessing insurance probably won't care enough to figure out the cause - they probably only care enough to figure out how much they need to pay me.

As for the Racing Brake rotors, this is the response I got from Warren:

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Without knowing how high the temp and how long the rotor was subject to which can affect the rotor shape / structure, I am sure you should understand why I can't give you a definite answer. The best practice is to visually examine them if any warpage and put them on the car again and drive around.

So basically the only way to tell would be to pull off all 4 rotors and inspect them one by one, then if they look "OK" I would have to put them on a car to see if they're still OK to drive.

I love Racing Brake don't get me wrong, they easily make the best rotor on the market for our cars - but I don't think I could in good conscience put these rotors on another camaro to "see" if they're still OK to use. It's just way too big of a gamble.